Seeding attachment



June 19, 1945.- w, A, HY ND 1 2,378,635

SEEDING ATTACHMENT Filed April 11, 1942 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR WILLIAM A. HYLAN June 19, 1945. w, HYLAND 2,378,635

SEEDING ATTACHMENT Filed April 11, 1942 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 sary onpriormachines'are eliminated;

Patented June 19, 1945 i UNIT D I STAT SEEDING ATTAQHMELTT William A. H'yland; Horicon; Wis, assignor'to The Van Brunt Manufacturing Company; Hbri'con,

a.- corporation of Wisconsin ApplicationApriL 11, 1942, Serial. No. 438,636-

is Claims.

Thepresent invention. relates. generally to-agricultural implements and more. particularly to seeding; equipment for disktype ground. working implements. Y

The object and. enera-nature oi the. present invention is. the provision. oi. an. agricultural. implement of the disk. typeprovided with seeding equipmentmounted directly on the disk gang; and movable therewith when. adjusting the latter relative to .the implementframa. Moreparticularly, it. is'a feature, of. this invention; to. provide an. improved direct. mounting for. the. seeding at.- tachmentv which so. constructed and: arranged that. the seeding-i attachment is' supportedv approximately directly} over the disks and held in this. position by means accommodatingthe movement. oi the. disk gang and. the seeding'attachment. relative toQthe frame. of the implement when adjusting the cutting. angle oi; the. disks. A. further feature of this invention is the'provision ot a simple drive from the disk gang to the seeding attachment which also moves with the gang; and attachment when a'diusting the cutting angle of the disks. By virtue of this construction, anumber of parts formerly neces-' These and other; objects and adv tag e s "of; the present invention will be apparent to those.

skilledin the artafter a. consideration of following detailed description',;taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings illustrating the preferred embodiment' of the invention.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective-rear viewof 'a disk tiller in which the principles of the prese'nt'im ventionhavebeendi'icorperated:

' Figure 3 is ame y ing the supportingmeans} therefor and other ceoperating-parts; a 1

The present invention issl row n asi ncorporated in a disk tiller that is: generally'bfi the"type-dis-- closed" and claimed in these-pending: United States application, SeriaLNoAOFLMQ; filed-A net '20; 19.41 by Walter Silver; to. which-"ref erence may bemade. if necessary. It is: to be understood; of' cou'rse; that thedisk. til1'errepresents any kind. of agricultural?implementj'parti'cularlyr those: of the-gro111id working disk. type;

view of the seed box; show-f e gof: disks 2, a. hitch device 3 and. supporting land and furrow Wheels; '41, 5.1 and 6; The? tiller isadapted. to: be; hitched toa: tractoror: other source of; power, and the frame; I of" the disk tiller includesya. frame barn Hi having; a. main portionv l 2. that. is. disposed generally; diagonally and a: rear portion l 3-,-the forward part; of. which extend generally diagonally in the other direcition;. more; or less at a-iig-ht. angle to the section ing spindle, indicated at 2k, and the upper end or. the spindle 2lcarries a steering arm 22. A link: 23. of particular. construction connects-the steering arm 2Z with. the front. steer-ing arm l9. and will be referred. to-later. The land wheel 4 carries half-revolution. clutch mechanism indicatedbythe. reference numeral. 25., which mechanism. includes. a crank which. acts/through a link. 21. connected. at its upper end with: the bracket 1.6,. to. causethe crank axle L5 to swing generally in a. vertical-direction tocontrol. the

raisingv and lowering of the. implement. frame. H relative to the wheels. An arm 29 is fixed to.

the crank axle I and is connected-through a. link. 31 witlrabell crank 32. The. latter memher is connected. through a forwardly extending,

link 33' with a bell crank 34 that. is connected I with .the upper end of the. frontwheel spindle working disks H of conventional construction.

the disk tiller includes a; frame structure I, a

I8. Another link 36 extends rearwardly from the'bell crank, 32 to a bell crank 3T that is con- 'nected with the rear. spindle 21.

By this construction. rocking of'the crank axle serves to raise and lower the implement relative to its supporting wheels.

' The disk gang 2 includes. a plurality of; soil the disks being mounted on a gang shaft 42 whereby the disks are supported for simultaneous rotation. The rear end of the gang shaft 42 is supported for rotation in a journal bearing 45 of conventional construction, the journal bearing 45' being connected with the rear section l3 of the frame bar Il' bya vertical standard 46'. The standard 46' comprises a yoke 41 having its ends pivoted, as at 48, to'the bearing 45 and to which a vertically disposed sleeve 49 is fixed. An

arm St is clamped, as at 52, to the frame barerence numeral 60 and which also includes a swingable crank or arm member 6|, the rear downturned end of which is disposed for rocking movement in the vertical sleeve section 59.- The forward or upturned end of the swinging crank arm BI, is connected for rocking movement in a clamping member 63 that may be shifted to different positions along the frame bar II and held in that position, thi adjustment providing for disposition of the disk gang 2 at different angles with respect to the line of advance. The swinging of the disk gang 2 is about a vertical axis defined by the arm and the sleeve 49. As explained in more detail in the Silver co-pending application, the clamp 52 may also be loosened and the standard 46 shifted to different positions along the rear section I4 of the frame bar I I.

The seeding attachment, with which the present invention is more particularly concerned, is indicated in its entirety by the reference numeral 19. 'The seeding attachment includes a container for seed in the formof a seed box II. The bottom of the seed box II is provided with a plurality of openings leading to adjustable gate fluted force feed units I3. The present invention is not particularly concerned with the details of construction of the force feed units I3, and therefore it will suffice to note that the force feed units include fluted members mounted on a rotatable shaft I5 carried just under the seed box II by suitable bearing means. The seed delivered by the feeds I3 are discharged through spouts TI on to distributing plates I8 from which the seed fall by gravity onto the soil worked by the disks 4|.

The seeding shaft I5 extends laterally and rearwardly beyond the rear end of the seed box II and is supported by a bearing 8| carried at the upper end of a bracket ,82 that is fixed to a seed box and scraper carrier that is indicated in its entirety by the reference numeral 85. The car, rier will be described later. A sprocket 86 is carried at the rear end of the seeding shaft I5 and is driven by a sprocket chain 8! from r sprocket 88 fixed in any suitable manner to the outer or rear end of the gang shaft 42.

The seed box and scraper carrier 85 comprises a bar 9| extending lengthwise of the disk gang unit 2 and bolted at its ends, as at 92, to a pair of supporting members 93 and 94, each of generally L-shaped construction and secured by a U-bolt 95 to the associated bearing sleeve section, 49 or 59. Preferably. the sprocket bracket 82 is fixed to the end of the carrier bar 9| adjacent the rear supporting member 93. The seed box II is supported rigidly on the bar 9| by a pair of brackets 9'! and 98, each comprisinga pair of strap members I90 bolted at their lower ends to the carrier bar 9 I, preferably with spacers 99, the bars I00 being securely bolted at their upper ends to the box II. This disposes the seed box disks 4|. The seed box is reenforced by a rod |0I having its front end formed with substantially directly above the.

standard, indicated in its entirety by the refa looped portion I02 that is disposed in an eye I03 fixed to the forward landward corner of the box I I. The rod IOI extends downwardly and rearwardly and is adjustably connected to the main frame II by means of a clamp I04. It will be noted that the front end of the rod |0| is disposed more or less approximately in line with the axis defined by the sleeve 49 and the-downwardly extending frame arm 5 I. Therefore, when the clamp 63 is loosened to permit the crank arm 6| to swing and thus dispose the disks 4| at a different cutting angle, the seed box 1! moves with the disk gang but only a small amount, if any, of readjustment of the rod |0I relative to the frame bar I I is necessary. An idler I05 for the chain 81 is mounted on an arm I09 which is swingably supported by a bracket I01 on the rear bearing 45, whereby the chain 91 may be kept tight. Since the seeding shaft I5 is driven directly from the disk gang, and since operation of the lifting clutch 25 serves to raise the entire implement out of contact with the ground, it is not necessary to provide any throwout clutch in the seeding shaft assembly for the reason that raising the disks 4| off the ground automatically terminates any further drive of the seeding mechanism. It will be noted from Figure 1 that the steering bar 23 includes a section I09 bent laterally. This is for the purpose of connecting the front and rear, steering arms I9 and 22 but providing space for the seed box 1|.

The carrier. also provides a convenient support for the scrapers, which are of conventional construction. Each scraper is indicated by the reference numeral H0 and includes an arm III pivoted, as at H2, to a bar 3 that is bolted, as at II4 to the bar 9|. Preferably, the bar H3 is slotted to receive the bolts I I4, whereby the position of the scrapers relative to the associated disks may be adjusted. Spacers II5 dispose the bar H3 in the proper position rearwardly of the bar 9|, as best shown in Figures 2 and 3. The scraper assembly is omitted in Figure 1 in order to show the other parts somewhat more clearly.

While I have shown and described above the preferred structure in which the principles of the present invention have been incorporated, it is to be understood that my invention is not to be limited to the particular details shown and described above, but that, in fact, widely different means may be employed in the practice of the broader aspects of my invention.

What I claim, therefore, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. An agricultural implement comprising supporting means, a ground working unit, standards carried at opposite ends of said unit, means connected with said standards for movably connecting said unit with said supporting means, and seeding mechanism connected directly with said standards and movable with said unit with respect to said supporting means.

2. An agricultural implement comprising frame means, a gang of disks, means adjustably 'connecting said gang with said frame, including a pair of vertically extending bearing supports connected with the ends of said gang and means movably connecting the upper ends of said bearing supports with said frame means, and a seed container and seed distributing means connected with the bearing supports so as to move with said gang of disks when the latter is adjusted relative to said frame means.

3. An agricultural implement comprising supmarshes means; a. gangrot gmundz working: disks connected: with; said, supporting mean'sfor move:- ment relative thereto to. thieanguiar tion: of the gang relative; to said supporting means, means; serving: as ai pair:- of generally tioally extending: standards cazcriedlb r said: gang connecting: means for connecting-:1 said gang to' saidi supporting in different posi' tionspsaicllgang being movable relative; tm said: supporting means about a generally vertical axingaseedins, attachment carried by and movable with said gang, and brace means connected with said supporting means and engaging said seeding attachment adjacent said pivot axis whereby said bracing means is effective in any position of angular adjustment of said gang and seeding attachment relative to said frame means.

5; An agricultural machine comprising supporting frame means, a gang of ground working disks having journal boxes adjacent the ends thereof, generally vertically extending standards connected with said journal boxes, means connecting said gang with said frame means and including parts rockably engaging said standards and providing for angular adjustment of said gang of disks relative to said supporting frame means, a carrier fixed to said standards, and a seeding attachment fixed to said carrier and disposed approximately above said disks, said seeding attachment being adjustable with said gang of disks relative to said supporting frame means. 6. An agricultural implement comprising frame means, a gang of disks, means adjustably connecting said gang with said frame means, including a pair of bearing standards connected with the ends of said gangs and meansmovably connecting the upper ends of said bearing standards with said frame means, and a seeding attachment mounted on said bearing standards.

'7. An agricultural implement comprising frame means, a gang of disks, means adjustably connecting said gang with said frame means, including a pair of bearing standards connected with the ends of said gangs and means movably connecting the upper ends of said bearing standards with said frame means, a carrier connected with said bearing standards and movable with said gang when the latter is adjusted relative to said frame means, and a scraper assembly and seed 1 .ing attachment mounted on said carrier and able generally about the standard connected with said rearwardly extending frame section into different angular positions relative to said frame with. thecrear portionof said generally rearward 1m extending" frame section and with said seeding attachment relatively closel y adjacent to said axis, whereby said bracing means is efi'ective'in any adjusted position of said gang -and'seeding attachment relative to said framemea-ns:

' 9, An agricultural implement. comprising "a supporting frame, adisk-gang, bearings-adj cent the ends thereof, means shiftably connectin? saidibearings with said frame to provide-for changing theposition of said gang-"relative t'o saicl frame; a carrier separate from the disk gang and mounted on saidbearings 'to move with-said gang, and a seeding attaehmentsupported on saidcarrier and: movable with said gang when the latter'is-s'hifted relativeto said' f-rame.-

III. An. agricultural implement comprising frame means, a diskgang, a pair of bearings for rotatably supporting said gang, a pair of yokes pivotally connected, respectively, with said bearings for movement relative thereto, supporting means connecting said yokes with said frame means to accommodate movement of said gang relative to said frame means, a pair of supports fixed to'said yokes, and a seeding attachment mounted on said pair of supports and movable with said disk gang relative to said frame means. 11. An agricultural implement comprising frame means, a disk gang, a pair of bearings for 3o rotatably supporting said gang, a pair of yokes connected with said bearings, sleeves fixed to said yokes, arm means swiveled in said sleeves and serving to connect said disk gang with said frame means for movement relative to the latter, a pair of supporting arms fixed to said sleeves and extending upwardly above the disks of said gang, a supporting member carried by said last-mentioned arms, and a seeding attachment carried means, aseeding attachment connected directly with said standards and movable with said gang relative to said frame means about said axis, and a reenforcing brace connected at its rear end on said supporting member.

12. An agricultural implement comprising supporting means, ground working tool means adapted to be raised and lowered relative to said supporting means, means on the latter for raising and lowering said tool means, seeding means for seeding the ground worked by said tool means, and means for mounting said tool means and seeding means for corresponding adjustment so as to maintain the relation therebetween substantially constant for different positions of said tool means.

13. An agricultural implement comprising Wheel supported frame means, ground engaging tool means adjustable relative to said Wheel supported frame means, seeding means for seeding the ground worked by said tool means, means for driving said seeding means from said tool means, and means for adjusting the seeding means relative to said supporting means to correspond to the adjustment of saidtool means relative to said wheel supported frame means, whereby said driving connection is maintained substantially constant.

14. An agricultural implement comprising supporting frame means, front and rear'wheel means therefor, each adjustable relative to said frame means, ground working tool means disposed generally in a line between said wheel means, seeding means disposed generally above said tool means, and a link connecting said wheel laterally swingable link connecting one end of said unit with said supporting means, and means shiftably connecting the other end of said unit with said supporting, means,

16. In an agricultural apparatus, a supporting member including spaced sections, a gang of soil working tools, a seed container, means shiftably connecting one end of said seed container and one end of said gang with one of said spaced supporting sections, and means shiftably connecting the other end of said seed container and the other end of said gang with the-other supporting section, said gang and seed container moving together as 'a unit.

17. An agricultural implement comprising a supporting frame including a diagonally extending section and a generally fore and aft extending section, a seeding unit including a plurality of seed furrow openers and a seed container disposed above said openers, means shiftably connecting one end of said seeding unit with the diagonal section of said frame, and means shiftably connecting the other end of said unit with the other section of said frame,

18. An agricultural implement comprising a supporting frame including a diagonally extending section and a generally fore and aft extending section, a pair of bearing standards connected, respectively, with said frame sections, a gang of disks supported for rotation in said standards, and a seed container disposed above said disks and supported on said standards.

WILLIAM A. HYLAND. 

